total_QALYs: Calculate Life-Time QALYs

In Health-Economics-in-R/QALY: Calculate Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) Gains with Discounting and Inflated Costs

Description

Calculate Life-Time QALYs

Usage

total_QALYs(person_health_years)

## Default S3 method:
total_QALYs(person_health_years)

## S3 method for class 'person_health_years'
total_QALYs(person_health_years)

Arguments

person_health_years

Object of class person_health_years

Value

QALYs object

Examples

personHealthYears <- person_health_years(
                      start_year = 2016,
                      end_year = 2020,
                      delay = 0,
                      age = NA,
                      time_horizon = NA,
                      utility = 0.9,
                      discount_rate = 0.035,
                      utility_method = "add")

total_QALYs(personHealthYears)
## 2.913622

## Not run: 
 total_QALYs(1)
 ## "Error: Not an person_health_years class input object."

## End(Not run)

Health-Economics-in-R/QALY documentation built on Oct. 26, 2020, 2:28 a.m.